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Selected Speeches and Messages

On the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, I convey my best wishes to the LGBTQI community on this Festival celebration which celebrates harmony, diversity and inclusiveness in our community. The parade...

His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of New South Wales, Mrs Linda Hurley and the staff of Government House have received, with great sadness, the news of the death of Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE....

As the representative of Her Majesty The Queen in New South Wales, I am delighted to welcome all Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Relay Batonbearers and family members to Government House.
As I do so, I respectfully acknowledge the traditional...

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Thank you, Yvonne, and the Baraya Choir, for your Welcome and Song for Country.
It is an honour to be here at our 2018 WugulOra Ceremony, a ceremony that is a very significant and important part of Australia Day.
Here on...

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As we come together on Australia Day, I convey my respect to the First Australians, the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their Elders, past, present and emerging. On this national day, we...

As Patron of the Australia Day Council of NSW, I am delighted to welcome everyone to this 2018 Australia Day Lunch.
And I thank Auntie Yvonne Weldon from the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council for her warm Welcome to Country. I,...

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Thank you, Uncle Charles (Chicka) Madden, esteemed Gadigal Elder and Board Member of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, for your warm Welcome to Country.
I, too, would like to pay my respects to the Gadigal of the Eora Nation....

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Thank you for the invitation to speak at this 2nd Annual Advancing Community Cohesion Conference which is being held on the land of the Darug people, to whom I pay my respects, and I respectfully acknowledge all Aboriginal and...

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I would like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we gather, the Gadigal of the Eora Nation.
I acknowledge their living culture and affirm my respect for their Elders, past and present.
As Patron...

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It is an honour to speak to you on a very special day in our Centenary of ANZAC Commemorations.
I acknowledge that we are gathered this morning on the land of the Darug People and I pay my respects to...